The Jason McIntyre Show: Chip Brown of Orangebloods Talks Mack Brown and Texas
By Jason McIntyre
* Chip Brown went to SMU, and he was not going into journalism, and then the football scandal hit. And Chip Brown went into journalism.
* When he left college, Chip Brown covered Texas politics. For about 10 years.
* He ended up at the Dallas Morning News in the late 90s, when the paper had a strong sports department, full of people you see on TV now.
* In 2008, he left for Orangebloods, which as considered a “wild move” by his colleagues.
* We briefly talk about the fluidity of reporting on things, but I’m sure some of you will hate that.
* The Mack Brown story has many angles, but you need to know this: Saturday morning, after Mack Brown didn’t step down, the big monied boosters (read: billionaires) essentially went to the school President and said: You’re not going to get our donations unless Mack Brown is gone. That really happened.
* So, couldn’t that happen during the coaching search? Chip Brown doesn’t think it’ll happen.
* Names he’s hearing now: Gus Malzahn and Jimbo Fisher (I don’t see either happening)
* Names he’s not hearing now: Mike Gundy, James Franklin, and Charlie Strong. Could they be ‘next tier’ after swinging for the fences? Sure.
* As for an NFL coach leaving for the Texas job, I ask if that’s ever happened. He says Pete Carroll. Now that I’ve looked it up… Carroll took a year off after getting fired by the Patriots to take the USC job.